The Quilter on Fire Podcast

QOF Episode 250 - Lorena Uriarte

My guest today is Lorena Uriarte. She is an internationally recognized, Sydney-based textile artist, a modern quilter, and educator known for her vibrant designs, intricate handwork, and innovative use of repurposed fabrics, often creating unique quilted coats. With over two decades of experience, she teaches patchwork and quilting workshops locally in Australia and globally, merging traditional techniques with contemporary aesthetics, and she was the 2024 QuiltCon Raleigh Charity Quilt designer. A quote from this podcast episode:"It's really important to constantly be learning and try new things. And part of that is that not everything works. We all make mistakes in quilting and in life. Forgive yourself and move on."  - Lorena UriarteYou can find Lorena on Instagram @lorena_in_sydQuilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/Square One Textile Art WorkshopJoin Brandy’s email listFree Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEOSUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week.Support the showThank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

QOF Episode 249 - Leanne Parsons

If you love scrappy goodness, and lots of tiny pieces… you’re going to love this episode. My guest today is Leanne Parsons – the Devoted Quilter. She’s a Canadian pattern designer with over 40 patterns in her shop, a quilt teacher, and free-motion quilting lover, who has been quilting since the late ’90s, blogging for over a decade, and designing quilt patterns that blend contemporary style with a love for traditional blocks. She has a scrappy membership you’ll love to help you turn those treasured scraps into quilts! And she was featured as the first designer in the all new Quilt The North boxes. If you are Canadian and you haven’t heard about this box – you ‘re gonna love it. We’ll give you more details later in this podcast, but right now - let’s explore the story of Leanne Parsons.Leanne's wonderful BLOG: https://www.devotedquilter.com/Quilt the North Box: https://www.pennyspoolquilts.com?sca_ref=9114029.imYkDDpRcJprS1Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/Square One Textile Art WorkshopJoin Brandy’s email listFree Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEOSUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week.Support the showThank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

QOF Episode 248 - Mike O'Dell

My guest today is Mike O’Dell of Legit Kits! With a full time job as a nurse anesthetist, Mike had the luxury of trying out a side hustle that didn’t need to put food on the table. He’s been sewing for decades so his newfound joy with the FPP project in 2020 was the perfect fit to give it a try. Legit kits now has a team of full-time employes, and brings in freelance designers to boost its offerings with fresh new designs that cater to quilters of all levels from beginner to advanced and everything in between. You can find Legit Kits right here: https://legitkits.com/Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/Square One Textile Art WorkshopJoin Brandy’s email listFree Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEOSUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week.Support the showThank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

QOF Episode 247 - Sara Buscaglia

Sara Larson Buscaglia is a self-taught organic farmer, natural dyer, quiltmaker and founder of Farm & Folk. She has amassed 100K followers on social media attracting an audience that is joyfully invested in hand-stitched quilting, natural dyed materials, and the art of creating lasting heirlooms. Her first book launched in 2023 and it is called Farm & Folk - Quilt Alchemy – A high country guide to natural dyeing and making heirloom quilts from scratch.  You can find Sara's website right here: https://www.farmandfolk.com/Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/Square One Textile Art WorkshopJoin Brandy’s email listFree Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEOSUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week.Generous sponsor: OLISO IRONS - Host of the Quilter on Fire Podcast Lounge each year at QuiltCon! BUY YOUR OWN OLISO MINI PROJECT IRON RIGHT HERESupport the showThank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

QOF Episode 246 - Hillary Goodwin - Featured Speaker - QuiltCon 2026

Hillary Goodwin has been a modern quilter from the early days of the establishment of the Modern Quilter Guild and has had at least one and often several quilts juried into every Quiltcon since 2015 (minus Quiltcon away when she was busy ER doctoring during the pandemic and didn’t submit any). Before there were restrictions on the numbers of quilts juried into Quiltcon per person, she has had the most on record-8 of her own and 1 in a group quilt in 2017.  She has a Best of Show Quilt from Quiltcon 2022 and she was also part of a group quilt that won Best of Show in 2019.  She designed and made the Quiltcon Raffle quilt in collaboration with Rachael Dorr in 2020. Her work has been featured in the books “Why We Quilt”, “Quilt Out Loud” and “Country Cottages” and in multiple magazines including the cover of Quiltcon Magazine 2025. She was the featured artist at Quilt SanFrancisco in 2024 had a solo show at “Hello Stitch Studio” in 2019 and has had her work displayed in multiple group shows throughout the world. Lastly, her quilt “Nude is Not a Color”, a community project was acquired and is part of the permanent collection of The Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, Michigan.You can find Hillary's website right here: https://entropyalwayswinsblog.com/Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/OLISO IRONS - Host of the Quilter on Fire Podcast Lounge each year at QuiltCon!BUY YOUR OWN OLISO MINI PROJECT IRON RIGHT HERESquare One Textile Art WorkshopJoin Brandy’s email listFree Quilter on Fire Holiday Table Runner VIDEOSUPPORT THE PODCAST by becoming a Quilter on Fire Podcast Angel for as little as $3 per week.Support the showThank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.